Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuere[n]ce, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen

THE .LXXVI. CHAPITER.

HEre accordynge to the promyse made by me in y^e begynnynge of thys worke: I shall brynge in & shewe vnto you the begynnynge of the reygne of y^e kinges of Fraūce / and set them in suche a direct order, that it shalbe apparant to the reder, that it shalbe certaynly knowē what kyng reygned in Fraūce whan such a kyng reygned in Englande. And also I shall somdele touche the actes and dedys of the sayde kynges of Fraunce / so y^t the cronycles of bothe realmes shall in this worke appere, and the names of the prynces which at ones reygned in Englande and in Fraunce.

Then for the perfourmaūce of the same, fyrste is to be noted, that after the subuercyon of Troye by the Gre¦kes (as in y^e begynnyng of this work is shewyd) dyuers Troyans beyng vnder the rule of nobles of the same lygnage, as Helenus sonne of Prya∣mus, Eneas, Anthenorus, & other / serchyd y^e worlde & landyd in dyuers coūtrees. As Helen{us} in Grece or Gre¦cia / Eneas in Italia or Italy / & so of other amōg. The whych nobles one named Turchus, & an other named Franco cosyn Germayns / as Tur∣chus the sonne of Troylus, & Frāco or Francio the sonne of Ector / which sayd two cosyns serchyng theyr ad∣uenture: after many & dyuers daun¦gers & ieopardyes passyd by the see, lastly landed in a coūtre called Tra∣cea or Tracia in Grece. And there wyth theyr cōpany enhabyted them nere vnto a ryuer called Dion. And after they hadde contynued there a season of tyme: Turchus departed wyth a certayne of Troyans frō hys sayd cosyn Francio / and sayled after into a countre called Faso the lesse. where he wyth hys people dwelled longe tyme. whyche Faso shulde be in the countre of Sithia. Of thys Turchus dyscendyd as sayth y^e Frē∣che cronycle .iiii. maner of people. That is to saye, Austrogothis, Ipo¦gothis, wandalis, and Normans. And Frācio or Frāco remoued after wyth hys company into a countree named Pannoma / whyche countree now shuld seme to be a parte of Hun¦gery or ioynynge nere to it. There nere vnto a ryuer called Thanais they buylded them a cytye, and na∣med it Sicambria / by reason wherof they were longe after called Sicam¦bri. They were also named Franci, as sayth the Frenche cronycle, after thys man Francio. Turpinus that wrote the gestes of the greate Charles / sayth that whan Charles hadde made the countre of Spayne subiecte, and was retourned into Fraunce: he made all the bonde mē dwellynge aboute or nere vnto Pa∣ris or in all Gallia fre, in the wour∣shyppe of saynte Denis and of saynt Iamys of Galis / vppon condycyon that they shulde yerely offre foure pence to thys worke of saynt Denis churche. By reason wherof they we∣re named Franci, as men freed that to fore were bond. Policronica saith they were named Franci of Ualen∣tynyan the emperour, as it were for fyersnes. But how so euer they came by that name they were called Fran∣ci as Frenschemen.

This sayd peple were also named long tyme Galli / & were trybutaries to Rome & vnder theyr rule, tyll the

tyme of Ualentinyan emperour, a∣boute the yere of Cryste .iii. hoūdreth & .lxvi. Thys Ualentinyan hauynge the rule of the west parte of y^e world made warre vppon a people called Aleynys, that dwelled nere vnto the forenamed Gallis. These Aleynys were egre of fyghte / and ouer y^t they were so closyd wyth fennys & mar∣rys, that the Romaynes myghte not wynne to them by force / wherof they often rebellyd agayne the empyre. wherfore in the ende Ualentinyan consyderynge the fyersnes of y^e Gal∣lis, wyth theyr nere dwellynge vnto the sayd Aleynys / couenaūted with them yf they wolde subdue the sayde people, they shulde haue releace of .x. yeres trybute. whyche couenaūt well and suffycyently confermed to the Gallis / they in shorte whyle after by theyr knyghthode and polycy, sub∣dued or vtterly chased the sayd Aley¦nys. For the whyche dede they conty¦nued the foresayde .x. yeres wythout payenge of any trybute. whyche .x. yeres ronne and expyred / y^e Romay∣nes agayn claymed the former accu∣stomed trybute. To whom it was an¦swered, y^t they had redemed the sayd tribute with the price of theyr blood, and ought not any more to be char∣ged with any suche trybute.

wyth whych answere the Romay∣nes beynge sore dyscontentyd / made newe warre vpon y^e sayd Sicābris. Of whyche warre the Sicambris or Gallis had the worse, and were cha∣syd from theyr citye of Sicambria. Then as wytnessyth Polycronica & other, they drewe nere vnto the wa∣ter of Ryne / and grewe in shorte pro¦cesse to suche a multytude & of suche strength, that they in shorte whyle after by ledynge of theyr .iii. dukes named Marcomirus, Somom{us} or Symon, and Genebaur / warred vp¦pon the landes of the empyre, & such as were subiecte vnto y^e same. wherof Theodosius surnamed the yonger then emperour beynge warned: he anone sente .ii. of his dukes wyth a greate hoste for to subdue the sayde Gallis or Sicambris. But they de∣fendyd them so knyghtly, y^t the sayde dukes were chasyd / and as wytnes∣syth mayster Robert Gagwyne, a greate nomber of the Romaynes were slayne.